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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

IV. Corolla-lobes valvate in bud Fruit fleshy or drupaceous,

indehiscent Seeds minute

Flowers panicled or corymbose Calyx with 1 lobe

usually forming a coloured leaf . MTTSSAEND\

V Corolla-lobes twisted m had Fruit herned, fleshy or dry
Seeds usually large
a Inflorescence usually axillary Stigma fusiform Ovary

2 celled . . RANDH

b Inflorescence usually axillary Stigma fusiform Ovary

1 celled , GARDENIA

VI Corolla-lobes valvate in bud. Stamens inserted in the month
of the corolla

a Ovary 2-celled Stipules equal PLECTRONIA

b Ovary 3-5 celled. Stipules equal VANGUERIA

VII Corolla-lobes twisted in bud Ovary 24 celled Fruit a
2-4-celled berry or drupe with 2 4 free or united pyrenes

a Flowers panicled or corymbose Bracts coriaceous, not

sheathing . , . IXORA

b Flowers panicled or corymbose. Bracts membranous,

lower sheathing ... . PAVETTA

c Flowers axillary, fascicled 01 solitary . COFFE\

VIII Corolla-lobes valvate in bud Stamens inserted in the mouth
or throat of the corolla Fruit a 2 4 celled berry or a drupe
2-4 pyrenes

Calyx tubes cohering in a head Heads many-flowered,

solitary or umbelled . . MORIND*

IX Corolla-lobes valvate in bud Stamens inserted on the throat
or base of the corolla Fruit capsular, 5-valved or with
dorsally compressed pyrenes

a Styles 2, capillary, twisted. Pyrenes 2 Twining shrubs PAEDERIA
b Style 5-fid Capsule 5 valved at the top Erect shrubs . H \MILTONR

X Corolla lobes valvate in bud. Style entire Stigma capitate
or bifid Fruit small, dry, capsular or of 2 cocci Herbs
rarely undershrubs
a. Fruit of 2 separable cocci, both or one only dehiscing

ventrally ... ........,............. BORBEHIA.

Fnnt of 2 connate cocci, Calyx-limb greatly enlarged . , GAILLONIA

XL Corolla-lobes valvate in bud. Ovary 2-celled. Style-arms 2,
Herbs

Corolla rotate or shortly campanulate, 5-merous . , RTJBIA.

The

The root is acrid,* emetic, diaphroetic, purging or diuretic,
bark is generally bitter^ astringent, tonic, and febrifuge.
The Order is mostly remarkable for the niuaber of alkaloids